St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-26
Rev. w. S. Vail breaches an
interesting Sermon on the
Anarchists Greed.
The Sacredness of the Holy
Eucharist Dilated Upon by
Father Timothy.
What 1t Costs a Man to See
the Town---Army Notes
And Other Matters.
THE ANARCHISTS CREED.
Rev. w. S. Vail breaches n Power
full Sermon on This Theme.


full Sermon on This Theme.
Rev. W. S. Vail preached an interest
ing and eloquent sermon at the Univer-
salist church on WacOuta street yeSter-
day on the subject, The Anarchists
Creed" He took his text from Jere-
miah viii, 6:
l hardened and heard, but they spake not
Alright; no man repented of his wickedness;
every one turned to his course as the horse
rusheth into the battle.
The doctor made application of this
to the spirit of the anarchist. He opened
with sketch of the labor troubles in
1886. made particular allusion to the
development of the strikes in Chicago,
and gave brief sketch of the meeting
in Haymarket square that ended so dis
aStrouSly. He then quoted the words
that were spoken by one of the leaders
regarding the belief of these men. The
creed of the anarchist" said this leader,
'haS three principles, and may be stated
in the words: No law, no master, no God.
These were taken up one by one and
the speaker went on to say that no
doubt many laws were wrong, bought
by influence and money, but because
we have decayed limb on tree we
are not therefore to destroy the tree.
He showed that common law was built
up by the experience of many and was
based on the instincts of humanity, that
1t aimed to protect society and develop
the best things in the civil and social
life of the world. Continuing, he said:
''Then we come to the second point, no
master. This has q welcome sound in a
certain way. Men have died in the
arena and on the field for this privil-
ege." The speaker here narrated the
story Of Bras Coupe, as told by George
W. Cable, and showed that this love of
liberty had been a powerful in
Spiration. In that sense we, too,
say ali men alike: no master.
But as the socialist says it, it is all
wrong. Level all walls. Give all the
money in equal division to men, and the
men who have money now will get it
again. They know how. Again nature
made distinction in endowment. One
man sells picture for 500, another
works less hours and gets $1,000, while
Dore would work half the time and get
five times the money. Blame God for
endOwing men with different gifts if
you will. but do not undertake to make
equal that which is so manifeStly I'M
equal by nature. The conditions may
be improved by mutual cooperation;
but the lines will still stand. The an
archist says: No God" This is the
language of diSpair. 1t reminds one of
Heine'S pictures of the man with his
face buried in the sand, beside a cold
and leaden sea. But here too the appeal
is to the experience of mankind,
and the power of faith
in God and future life can hardly be
estimated. The preacher illustrate d
this in several ways, and closed with
the claim that no other idea could give
men so much endurance, so much en-
ergy, and at the same time so much hap
piness as the realization of pure faith
that proclaimS life where man may be
enlarged in mind and heart, where the
crooked shall be made straight and the
rough places plain.